sen. rubio: here we go. thank you, guys. or your speech. >> let's get out of the way. >> thank you. >> senator rubio, over here please. >> can we get a picture? we didn't get a picture. sen. rubio: i will be right here. hold on. >> ok, look right here. cheese. >> thank you so much. you're sody thinks young, but you're one year younger than cruz. sen. rubio: five months. the only business where looking younger is a bad thing. >> turnaround, turn around. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. can we get some pictures? sen. rubio: yes. >> he said yes. sen. rubio: thank you, guys. thanks for being here, guys. good to see you, man. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> i am a struggling in law school. sen. rubio: what year are you guys in? oh, that is the hardest one. >> senator, can we get a picture? picture withe a you? sen. rubio: thank you, guys. we are happy to have her on the team. it's the future of america. >> i appreciate it. thank you so much, i appreciate it. sen. rubio: thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> can i take one,

sen. rubio: well, we are going to modernize our nuclear arsenal when i'm president and we are going to modernize it because china is modernizing theirs and russia is modernizing theirs. because north korea now has nuclear weapons and iran will soon have them. because pakistan and india have nuclear weapons. and, the truth is that the reduction of our military capabilities is actually going to make us more dangerous. if a country ever thinks they can win a nuclear war, they may actually launch one. what kept the world from having a third world war, a nuclear exchange, is that the soviets didn't want to die and neither did we, and neither of us felt we could survive a nuclear war, so neither one of them undertook it. and so, the bottom line is we need to maintain that balance. if a leader or a country thinks they might be able to survive and win a nuclear exchange, it heightens the prospect. we are going to modernize our arsenal and the second thing we are going to deal with is proliferation. i to

sen. rubio: i will be right here. >> ok, look right here. io. >> you are one year younger than senator cruz? sen. rubio: five months. where lookingess younger is a bad thing. >> turnaround, turn around. >> you. thank you so much. sen. rubio: thank you. >> thank you. can we get some pictures? sen. rubio: yes. >> he said yes. thank you, guys. thanks for being here. see you, man. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> i am a struggling student in law school. sen. rubio: what year are you guys in? oh, that is the hardest one. >> senator, can we get a picture? sen. rubio: thank you, guys. >> we are happy to have you on the team. sen. rubio: it's the future of america. >> can we take a picture? sen. rubio: thank you, guys. here.r here, over >> thank you, senator. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> can i take one, to? >> thank you. sen. rubio: what an honor to see you. >> yes, sir. thank you. sen. rubio: i appreciate it so much. doing somewill be work around here. service.nored by your it is an honor to have you on our team. can we get a picture? th

sen. rubios, justice scalia, justice thomas. justices that understand their job is not to reinterpret the constitution or create loopholes. the job of a justice is to apply the constitution of the united states as originally intended by the founders of this great land. [applause] yes sir. >> as you know, the federal government that is so high that everybody owes $50,000. i don't have a tv in my room, so how can i owe so much money? sen. rubio: what's your name? >> hank. sen. rubio: hank? how old are you, hank? >> nine. sen. rubio: that's a good question, hank. you're right, hank. you know, what's happening in our country is unfair to you. we have people in washington that don't care right now. their argument is i don't want to deal with the issue hank just raised because i might lose my next election so we will figure it out but just not now. it has been happening for way too long. one of the reasons it's happening is because the federal government has nothing to stop it from spending money. the

sen. rubio: thank you guys for coming, i appreciate it. sen. rubio: thank you guys for coming, i appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you. sen. rubio: i think carolina is going to win. >> i'm trying to get into your super bowl party. sen. rubio: thank you so much. thank you, good to see you. what denomination are you? >> catholic. sen. rubio: thank you father, i appreciate it. >> nice to meet you. sen. rubio: likewise. thank you for being here. [indiscernible chatting] sen. rubio: good to see you, thanks for being here. thank you. it? >> my son and daughter gave their lives to this country. i'm supporting you. john stevens knows who i am. sen. rubio: thank you for being here. thank you for being here. >> that's a lot of notes. sen. rubio: thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much. stay energized. sen. rubio: good to see you, nice to meet you. >> thank you, senator, good luck. >> he taught me everything i know and i'm going to vote for you. sen. rubio: thank you so much. thank

sen. rubio: thank you guys. >> good luck. >> hello. i can meet you. sen. rubio: that is one they were good. >> we are big supporters. i am so impressed. we stayed to the very end. we have been to several events. >> i watched the debate last night. we raised a lot of money. >> we are going to break away from this event with senator marco rubio to take you 60 miles holderness, new hampshire where donald trump is just about to start a campaign rally. live coverage now on c-span. mr. trump: this is beautiful. we just kept driving and driving and driving. we are pretty far north. this is just a great group of people. these are the people that build our country. who watched the debate last night? it was good. we got very good grades. even those who hate me gave me very good marks. some of the pundits hate me so much. one of them said he watched the debate. i can't stand it. they were almost -- one of the things that was interesting and it came through on television more last night was the room was loaded up -- i , it was notad 1000 a very big room. but they had 1

sen. rubio: what is your name? >> hank. sen. rubio: how old are you? >> nine. sen. rubio: that's a good question. what's happening in our country is unfair to you. we have people in washington that don't care right now. their argument is i don't want to deal with the issue hank just lose myecause i might next election so we will figure it out but just not now. it has been happening for way too long. one of the reasons it's happening is because the federal government has nothing to stop it from spending money. they can keep printing money and borrowing money but not forever. the been doing that for a long time under both parties. under this president, he has grown the debt more than every other president before him combined. the other thing that is driving it is that in less than five years, 83% of our budget will be made up of four things. medicare, medicaid, social security, and the interest on the debt. with the other 17% we will have to fund our roads and safety net programs and u.s. military and everything else the government does. that's not sustainable. that's

sen. rubio: donald doesn't outline any policy. patrick: knocking -- now he can include francis to that list. >> person that only things about building walls and not building patrick: when is all said and done, donald trump has led in nearly every republican poll since july last year. mr. trump: by the way, the original polls that just came out here -- we are through the roof. we are high. [applause] >> i like that he's not politically correct. >> i dislike what he has to say. he is brave and bold. -- i just like what he has to say. patrick: he came into the race as tv personality, businessman, and author of several books. the billionaire real estate mogul is self-funded, and quick to remind his supporters that he has turned down tens of millions of fundraising dollars. mr. trump: no, i don't want it. i want to do something else. i want to be greedy, but for the united states. we want to bring money into the united states. for an exclusive interview in the days leading up to the south carolina pr

and ashley- the candidates are going to be all over the state for the next day or so. 3 - sen. rubio in clemson tonight - sen. cruz in greenville greenvilleeveryone else focusing around the low-country polls paint one picture in sc:- trump on top... nearly 16 point lead- cruz and rubio neck and neck for second place... bush, kasich, carson endorsements:- jeff duncan endorsing cruz- bush- frontrunner trump, dr. carson, john kasich-- no endorsements from any sc leaderslatest match-ups- marco, trump: attacking cruz distorting records, abortion, immigration, healthcare- rubio: it's disturbing- trump: firing back threatening lawsuit over eligibility to run 3 for president 3 sc is a *key* primary state winner takes all in sc- that could send one candidate home with up to *50* delegates from south carolina... i'll explain more on that coming up 3 as ashley said, the candidates are busy trying 3 to get their message to south carolina voters before they go to the polls. polls.3 they go to the voters before south carolina message to to get their are busy trying the candidates as ashley said, 3

sen. rubio: i am not afraid. of anybody.her countries, you lose an election and you have to go into exile. god's will will be done. i trust what the american people will choose. i feel good about that. john: mark, you know what a fan i am of fear and loathing. i like that you introduced the concept of fear. i liked his answer, too. where do you think the heads of these candidates are at with this impending moment of decision? mark: i am a big believer in two related things in presidential politics. voters like resilience, and a candidate does better when his head is clear. when he is not afraid. i think marco rubio is in a great place. he has shown extraordinary resilience coming back after new hampshire. his head seems to be in a good place. he is not overconfident, but he is quite confident. i think donald trump is annoyed. particularly, with ted cruz. what impresses me about these guys is that they are rested. unlike bernie sanders and hillary clinton, fighting bad colds, these guys seemed pretty well rested. under those

sen. rubio: our country is struggling right now in manufacturing, but south carolina's growing. you have boeing, michelin, bmw -- all these businesses that are coming here and making things here. patrick: looking ahead to saturday night's debate in greenville, rubio talked about how he plans to deal with frontrunner donald trump. sen. rubio: it's been hard to point out policy differences with donald, because he doesn't outline any policy. he's running on message on attitude, not on policy. i think that's going to change. it's going to have to change. patrick: some have pitted rubio against jeb bush in south carolina where bush once led in the polls. their relationship spans 20-years. patrick: how has that changed in the last year? sen. rubio: well, we can't talk as often as we once did, because we're running for the same position right now. so it makes that harder, but personally i have tremendous esteem for him as a person, for him as gov of florida. i'm not running against jeb, i didn't get in

sen. rubio introduce you to my family. they've been with me the whole week. these kids have prayed for snow. [laughter] i told him, don't do that, new hampshire doesn't want snow. they got snow so now i'm asking them to pray for tuesday night. this is my wife, we've been married for 17 years. [applause] god has blessed us with four wonderful children. amanda is our oldest. and daniela. and then anthony. and then our youngest, dominic. i don't know if you can see him back there. [applause] does anyone want to speak on my behalf today? >> no. sen. rubio: all right, i'm so glad they could join me. not going to make them stand the whole time, i'm just grateful. thank you guys for coming and being part of this. i say thank you because i think they wanted to sleep in on sunday morning. well, i'm glad. i am ready to go and i'm excited to be with you guys. i'm so glad they were with me this week and i said it at the close of the debate. night, havg me with me this week has helpedg remind me what this el

sen. rubio: unmasking for your vote because -- i am asking for your vote because everybody else john: playing to a crimson audience --clinton audience, he spoke to the students in the crowd -- clemson audience. sen. rubio: the conservative movement has been lucked out of -- locked out people that says it does not speak to them. it could not be further from the truth. john: he brought along a clemson grad and governor nikki haley. gov. haley: my fellow tigers, it is a great day in south carolina. [applause] but it will be a great day in america when marco rubio is president. john: fellow senator tim scott. >> i want someone who is prepared to revise the american economy for the middle class. marco lived the american dream. he's ready to do that. john: in his third of fourth over 300 that he's the right candidate for their future. sen. rubio: this is the one place on earth where no matter where you start off on life, you have a god-given right to go as far as her talent and work will take you. joh

[cheers and applause] sen. rubioam confident because for over two centuries americans in the end have always gotten it right. us each generation before have done what needed to be done and i know with all my heart and will do what needs to be done in this generation to leave for our children what they deserve to it hurt. a new american country. the greatest nation on earth. that is what we will do in this election. so, new hampshire, -- chanting "marco"] sen. rubio: new hampshire, i thank you for welcoming us. i thank you for this no caps on my kids had a great time. i think you for your vote, for the hours you gives on the phones and the doors that you not. i thank you. we will see is again because are coming back in november to win the general election. [applause and chanting "marco"] sen. rubio: into new england, maine, vermont, massachusetts, we will see you in a few weeks. we are going to come and when. -- and win. and south carolina, where on the way! thank you and god bless you. thank you. [applause] ♪ announc

rubio brushing it off. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "i'm going to spend zero time on his interpretation of the constitution with regards to eligibility." the g-o-p frontrunner also stirring the pot with cruz, tweeting that cruz lost evangelicals in south carolina because he is a world-class liar. behind the scenes it's a frenzied scrambleadjustin field.. without the rubio to consolidate establishment support.. rolling out a series (tim pawlenty/(r) governor) "he's bold, he's next generation, he's reform-minded, change-oriented." bush's big dollar donors. rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "we feel like a lot of the people that were on jeb's team are people we're gonna welcome onto our team." ted cruz is in the middle of nine straight campaign stops in here in for a rally this morning at the durango hills community center near durango and gowan. cruz says the first thing he would do in office is rescind what he calls every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by president obama. he al

donald trump leads sen. rubio by a lot. 40 for-20% along-i been among likely voters. and tran20 five is in third place with 12%. men back trump over rubio and women favor tropic 39% to 31%. and unlike other states florida's primary is closed, meaning that only voters registered as republicans or democrats can vote for one of their respective candidates and that could happen impact. rubio has says confidently that he will win the florida primary and it will be difficult for them to argue he should continue with his campaign if he does not. another interesting note, the poll was taken after gov. jeb bush dropped out of the race. gary nelson will have more on ahead on the cbs4 ms. of 6 pm. >>> that poland was trumps momentum will put major pressure on sen. rubio and sen. tran20 five at the debate tonight for this is the last debate before super tuesday next week. omar is life tonight in houston where the debate is just a few hours away. >>reporter: good afternoon , this is debate kicks off in about three hours at the university of houston. donald trump is the front- runne

sen. rubio: here's the bottom line people need to begin to focus on. it takes 1200 delegates. donald trump will never have the delegates. it will not happen. i will be in this race is long and hard as i need to be. [inaudible] as the field continues to narrow down, you will see more and more people rallying to our side. it is the party of lincoln and reagan. [inaudible] [inaudible] i know the media, you guys are sharpening your knives. they are going to tear him apart. we are not going to be our nominee. -- going to allow him to be our nominee. we are going to win here early. [inaudible] we will find out. we feel very optimistic. this is not a traditional race. usually in a race like this, people are pushing you. that's not what's going to happen with donald trump. the majority of republican voters do not want donald trump. they are going to take whoever is left standing not standing with him. [inaudible] they have a right to be in the race. they have worked just as hard as we have. i'm never going to ask anybody to drop out of the race. the race will narrow down. voters have

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rubio, throwing in some donald-style personal attacks. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "he's like 6'2 which is why i don't understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5'2.""you know what they say about men with small handsa&" (audience laughter)for the democrats, a somewhat more cordial tone following clinton's big win in saturday's south carolina primary.(clinton) "i want to congratulate senator sanders on running a great race."(sen. bernie sanders congratulate secretary clinton on her very strong victory." clinton, saving her most pointed attacks for the g-o-p, taking direct aim at trump's campaign slogan: (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "we don't need to make america great again. america has never stopped being great."i'm reid binion, reporting 3 3 the sanders campaign will open an office in western north carolina tonight at six. fresh-off the big loss in south carolina, bernie sanders backers took to the streets of asheville over the weekend. "w-n-c for bernie" held a rally at "new mountain", before the

christie says: "sen. rubio said he's gonna work as hard as he can and as long as he can to win the republican nomination. that would be somethin' to do for sen. rubio, to show up to work at all. trump later got on stage and thanked the crowd. he said big crowds at his rallies show his campaign is strong. he also took a shot at rubio, mentioning how he is behind in the polls in his home state. he also referred to the senator as quote "a sleaze." meanwhile, rubio continued his assault on trump's character during his campaign stops saturday. rubio has been calling trump a con artist since the last republican debate on thursday. rubio responded to attacks from trump regarding his debate makeup by claiming trump quote "has the worst spray tan in america." rubio told reporters in alabama trump is putting a swindle on the party, and will start losing support s/ sen. marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate :12 this is going to take a few days for people to start waking up and realizing supporters that they're with tex

sen. rubio: he had to pay $1 million in a judgment. mr. trump: wrong, wrong. aixa: in the gop debate, many of the attacks were aimed at a trump. >> we will see if the nomination gets more realistic. aixa: campaigning in super rubio called trumpet a con artist. sen. rubio: it is time to pull his mask off so people can see what we are dealing with. sen. cruz: i think donald trump had a tough night. >> it's all about getting votes. whether that translates to votes seen. aixa: more than 500 delegates are at stake on super tuesday, with texas being the biggest prize. in washington, aixa diaz, wyff news 4. gabrielle: meanwhile, donald trump has a new fake endorsement. senator lindsey graham made jokes at the washington press club foundation's 72nd congressional dinner. he talked about his decision to drop out, then his endorsement of jeb bush, who dropped out last week. then garraham decided to make a new endorsement, sort of. sen. graham: tonight-- i endorse donald trump and hopethat graham magic still exists. night. field. nigel: now to the weather. let's take a l

sen. rubio: when it donald trump has offended people, each time it happens, it has angered me. we are in a time of deep disaffection. patrick: former former governor jeb bush made a stop in the state. then carson first hit gaffney this week.in a q&a nice. that does not mean he does not want to protect the american people. senator ted cruz wasn't raquel on wednesday for the presidential -- was in rock hill on a presidential forum at winthrop university. thursday, all in one day, senator rubio traveled from hickman had -- from hilton head to myrtle beach. governor kasich hit the middle it's on friday. he says his campaigns has scrambled to hit bigger venues in the palmetto straight. for a meet and greet. jeb: this state believes and a strong national defense. they want the commander-in-chief. patrick: bush, rubio, dr. carson and ted cruz altered part in the fate and family presidential forum at the bob jones university. afterward, we joined senator rubio on his bus for a chat at at the greenville downtown sen. rubio: we are struggling with manufacturing, but south carolina is goi

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[applause] [cheering] sen. rubioentury conservative movement is the daughter of immigrants from india, who wanted desperately for the children to have all the opportunities they never did. who faced a string of prejudice, and yet, because the greatness of our coach, today, nikki haley is the governor of a state where it's always a great day. [applause] and the 21st century conservative movement the son of a bartender and maid from cuba, who stands closer to becoming the fifth president of the united states of america. [cheering] [chanting "marco"] sen. rubio: we are a nation and people that celebrate success. we are a nation that admire people that have worked hard and had. as conservatives, we will always celebrate success. we fight for those who are still trying to make it. if tonight, you are that single mother who has made it the purpose of your life to leave your children better off than yourself. in the 21st century, we conservatives will fight you. -- fight for you. ♪ if you are watching tonight enter that fat

with all due respect a lot of republicans say you have to win -- sen. rubio: we see more and more people rally in. we will not nominate a con the leader of the party of reagan in this conservative movement to he stands of the clinton on planned parenthood. [indiscernible] you guys are sharpening your knives. as soon as they are nominated you are going to slam onto them. we are going to win. we're going to win early. this is not a traditional race. out andy needs to get some people are inspired by the nomination. that is not what is going to happen. republican voters do not want to donald trump to be the nominee. they are fighting to ensure we do not nominate a con artist. they have a right to be in the race. they have worked as hard as we have. when it does it will be a clear choice. >> [indiscernible] guy whoio: this is a inherited millions of dollars from his father, put that money in an index stock market fund he would have been one of the richest people in the world. on a bunch ofs it risky businesses. people think he will do the same for america, i hope

sen. rubio: thank you very much. you know, i played football in a small college and misery.people here than at any of those games. thank you, congressman. when we drove up i saw people walking down the street. it took time to get here. you've been waiting for a few minutes. i'm grateful that you came here today. i'm glad to be back with you and i'm excited about tuesday. i want to thank you for your support. we are on our way to turning this country around in 2016. we need to offer this country a clear alternative to the last eight years, and we will when i am our nominee thanks to your help. but first we have to win this primary. this primary has been an interesting ride, and we will talk about it a little bit here today. [inaudible] yes. [applause] now look, i want to be frank with you. you deserve the truth about what's happening. our party today after four states, according to the polls, is on the verge of being taken over. the party of lincoln and reagan is on the verge of being taken over by a con artist named donald trump. now, how do con artists work? a con artist id

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[applause] [chanting "marco"] sen. rubionation and the people that celebrates success. we are a nation and a people that admire those who worked hard and moved ahead. as conservatives, we will always celebrate success. but we fight for those still trying to make it. tonight, you are the single mother who has made it the purpose of your life to leave your children better off than yourself. in the 21st century, we conservatives will fight for you. [applause] if you are watching tonight, and you are that father who worked two jobs so your kids could have all the chances you never did, in the 21st century we conservatives will fight for you. [applause] if you are the 17-year-old high school student who wants a big future, so you get up well before dawn to take two buses to a better school halfway across town, who gets home late at night to do homework because you know that god has made you for more than what people around you tell you what you are made for, in the 21st century we conservatives will fight for you. we will fight f

sen. marco rubio rolled into new hampshire today after a good showing in iowa last night. he placed a solid third of the republican caucuses. gary nelson is live in the newsroom with the reaction from some of rubio's supporters and a rival.>> they are calling it momentum. not only did he perform well in iowa, but dramatically better than polls had predicted. the comeback kid hard at work in new hampshire, the morning after. similar god bless the great state of iowa. >> after ted cruz finish number one in iowa. and donald trump number two. smith this is the moment they said would never happen. estimate but rubio came in third and not a distant third. this five points off the leader in right on trump's tail. >> we have taken the first step an important step towards winning this election. smith booster see him in a nomination. >> people in iowa saw rubio in the qualities that they want >> this young candidates campaign sees rubio's babyface >> people are beginning to understand the sen. rubio represents the future and not the past.>> jeb bush, the once heir apparent to the no

rivals marco rubio and ted cruz pounced, trying to slow trumps momentum going into super tuesday. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "donald trump, refused, refused, to criticize the ku klux klan."(sen ted cruz/(r) trump as the nominee means hillary probably wins and we lose this country."rubio, throwing in some donald-style personal attacks. (sen. marco candidate) "he's like 6'2 which is why i don't understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5'2.""you know what they say about men with small handsa&" (audience laughter)for the democrats, a somewhat more cordial tone following clinton's big win in saturday's south carolina primary.(clinton) "i want to congratulate senator sanders on running a great race."(sen. bernie sanders (d)/presidential candidate) "i congratulate secretary clinton on her very strong victory." clinton, saving her most pointed attacks for the g-o-p, taking direct aim at trump's campaign slogan: (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "we don't need to make america great again. america has never 3 3 the sanders campaign will open an office

sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "now he's repeating himself" (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "no, i'm not repeating..." back on the campaign trail on friday... cruz tried once again to tie trump to democrats. (sen. ted. cruz, (r) presidential candidate) "donald trump, like hillary clinton, is a rich new york liberal" while rubio got personal... (sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "he asks for a full length mirror - i don't know why, cause the podium goes up to here - but he wanted a full-length mirror. maybe to make sure his pants weren't wet." trump fired back at the florida senator. (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "i watched a part of his little act. he's a desperate guy. and he's a desperate guy. i've been watching him over the past couple of weeks -- he is not presidential material" the republican candidates notmincing words... less than a week from from super tuesday. in washington, i'm steve nannes reporting. tim: sunday is hollywood's biggest night! but it wouldn't be the academy the famous trophies. jenna: the chicago company that has

nicki haley and sen. rubio. together for the announcement. and we were at that event earlier today. jim joins us from columbia, south carolina. good to see you, jim. what does this mean for rubio's campaign? >>reporter: against him and he is coming to south carolina to basically say, he is trying to portray himself as a comeback kid. he has more peppy this. the crowds are more energized. he is feeling free. he is less scripted. he is not on the same hard message that he was, giving the same speech at every stop every time. he is enjoying it more. now that the handlers have taken away the chains, he is enjoying it. as for the nicki haley event a few miles from here. he stayed long after shook lots of hands, he was smiling, anytime you see marco rubio, smiling, it is a good day. when he gets dark, that's a problem. he is more upbeat now i'm doing well. >> i know you were at a bush event earlier today. how does he seem to you? if someone has been covering him for many years. win the nomination? >>reporter: i will tell you, i was talking to some of his staff earlier in summerville, south

nicki haley and sen. rubio. together for the announcement. and we were at that event earlier today. jim joins us from columbia, south carolina. good to see you, jim. what does this mean for rubio's campaign? >>reporter: against him and added (out of new hampshire. he was wounded. he is coming to south carolina to basically say, he is trying to portray himself as a comeback kid. he has more peppy this. the crowds are more energized. he is feeling free. he is less scripted. he is not on the same hard message that he was, giving the same speech at every stop every time. he is enjoying it more. taken away the chains, he is enjoying it. as for the nicki haley event a few miles from here. he stayed long after shook lots of hands, he was smiling, anytime you see marco rubio, smiling, it is a good day. when he gets dark, that's a problem. he is more upbeat now i'm doing well. >> i know you were at a bush event earlier today. how does he seem to you? if someone has been covering him for many years. does he seem like a man who can win the nomination? >>reporter: i will tell you, i was talking

senators marco rubio and ted ted cruz/(r- tx) presidential candidate) "marco rubio consistently supported amnesty." (flash) sen. marco rubio/(r-fl) presidential candidate) "for a number of weeks now ted cruz has just been telling lies, he lied about ben carson in iowa, he lied about planned parenthood." later cruz took on donald trump. (cruz) "right now as a candidate he supports funding for planned parenthood" (trump) "you know you are the single biggest liar up here." voters go to the polls on february 20th. craig boswell, cbs news, greenville, south carolina. ((brian loftus)) > 8 news now is your local election headquarters. we will continue to bring you the latest news surrounding this year's election... both on air and online... at las vegas now dot com. ((brian loftus)) ((kirsten joyce)) demetria obilor no freeway crashes. i want to get right to a major project beginning today in the southwest on rainbow between sunset and russell. the county is going to widen the direction and then cut down the center and install flood control facilities. overnight, traff

fired his communications director monday, after rick tyler posted misinformation about rival marco rubio. sen. cruz: we will conduct this campaign with the highest standards of integrity. stacey: tyler was ousted because of a video showing rubio walking stacey: but, tyler tweeted that rubio said, "not many answers in it." rubio blasted cruz. sen. rubio: i think it's a very disturbing pattern of deceptive campaigns and flat out just lying. stacey: gop frontrunner donald trump unleashed a series of negative tweets about cruz, saying the texas senator is "the biggest liar in politics." voters we talked with are sick of the negativity. >> i'm very disappointed with the politicians that are in washington dc now. >> it just distracts from the whole thing. stacey: cruz and rubio are locked in an intense battle for second in the polls here in nevada. trump holds a double digit lead over both of them. john tuman is the chair for the political science department at unlv. >> a second place win might be important, but at some point people have to start winning and , beating trump. stacey: nevada republic

marco rubio was up early this morning...looking for a surprise win tonight. (sen. marco rubio/presidential candidate) i am asking you to will win and the democrats know i will win. they spend more money attacking me than any other republican. (danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas) the son of a maid and bartender who worked on the strip, rubio lived in las vegas for 6 years as a child..and has plenty of support here. (melissa gardner/rubio supporter) he can bring people together and he is what our country needs right now. but rubio and ted cruz trail trump in the polls by double digits. cruz is not fazed. he urged his supporters to recruit friends to caucus tonight. (sen. ted cruz/presidential candidate) if you get 9 friends to vote, it is like voting 10 times. cruz is looking to get back on track after he fired his communication director for tweeting a false news story about rubio. trump again he's just taking orders rom cruz. 30 gop delegates are up for grabs in tonight's caucuses. ((danielle nottingham)) ohio gov. john kasich and retired remain in the race.///

marco rubio echoing trump's accusations against cruz. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "what we've seen in the last few weeks is very disturbing." also calling cruz a liar. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "ted unfortunately has proved that he is willing to say or do anything to get elected." cruz firing back that rubio is just taking a page from trumums playbook. (s(s. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate) "marco rubio is behaving like donald trump with a smile" the infighting within the top tier comes as donald trump is coasting above every other candidate in the polls. a new c-n-n/o-r-c poll out today.shows trump with a commanding lead in nevada.twenty-six points ahead of any other candidate. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "beyond belief, actually. maybe i don't even have to go there to campaign, i dunno." meanwhile.. jeb bush is still fighting for traction. feeling energized with his family's help, sharpening his attacks. ( jeb bush/(r) presidential candidate) esidential hopefuls has the republican's wewe

and senator marco stage the first rubio came out down on previous cruz is a liar. (sen. marco rubio/(r) candidate you say something you say it over and know that it isn't true, there's no cruz wasuick to hit back. (sen. ted cruz/(r) candidate) and mamao rubio are following this pattern that whenever anynye points to their actual record, to what they'veaid, to what they've voted on, to what they've done, they start screaming 'liar! liar! liar!' the two cuban- american candidates -- denouncing president obama for his upcoming trip to cuba. (sen. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate) "i think it's a real mistake. i think the president ought to instead be pushing for a free cuba." (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "the problem with this cuban government is not just communist dictatorship, it's an anti-american communist dictatorship." and carson took an unpopular stance on a popular republican talking point... whether or not the president should nominate a newew supreme court justice. (b(b carson/(r) esidential candndate) " i probably would take the opportunity to

which rubio hopes to end here tomorrow. if the polling is sot: sen. marco rubio (r - presidential candidate ) :05-:08 very confident about tomorrow. very optimistic because rubio's goal is 2nd or 3rd... but to beat jeb bush ...who campaigned again with his mother barbara to beat john kasich and maybe ted cruz to take over as the only surviving mainstream gop candidate sot: sen. marco rubio presidential candidate ) :22-:26 "we need to nominate someone that can bring us together...i know i can better than anyone in this race" republican :31-:35 "we need that segment to bow out gracefully" ted cruz won't. the iowa winner, polling second here, sot: sen. ted cruz (r - presidential candidate ) :41-:46 "here in south carolina, these next 21 hours are going to decide a great deal." he's linking rubio to president obama on immigration even though cruz today had to pull his fake photo of the two sot: donald trump (r - presidential candidate ) :53-:56 "this guy ted cruz is really a liar" donald trump's once big lead over cruz is down to five, in today's nbc news

sen. rubio: if we nominate someone who is part of the republican party. >> i don' t know why people think donald trump supporters will haul off of him and go to someone else. >> john kasich gets protesters. >> i find his statements very offensive. >> he and ben carson round out the five republicans left in this race. those caucuses get a later start in the evening, out in nevada. it could be a while before we start to get results. as for turnout, four years ago, there were only 33,000 people across the state. michelle: new from overnight, a major player in the technology world has sided with the fbi in its fight with apple. in an interview released by microsoft founder bill gates said apple should unlock the iphone used by the san bernadino shooter. gates says he feels it' s a one-time thing, and the government is not trying to get a general way to unlock phones. google, facebook, and other tech companies have backed apple' s decision to defy a judge' s order to unlock that phone. today, an atto

release his tax returns - and brushing off attacks from marco rubio who went after the republican front- runner during last night's debate. sen. marco rubio, r- presidential candidate: "i don't know anything about bankrupting four companies. i don't know anything about starting a university, a fake university. and continued - on the trail today... sen. marco rubio, r- presidential candidate: what we are dealing with here, my friends, is a con artist. he is a con artist." but some political analysts - speculate it's likely too little, too late. matthew dowd: i think the only thing that could hurt donald trump is if in the aftermath some of the allegations that they made and attacks they made stick over the next three days. just days out from super tuesday- but on the democrats' side - the focus is on south carolina. hillary clinton and bernie sanders busy campaigning here - ahead of tomorrow's democratic primary. clinton is heavily favored to win here..polling ahead by nearly 30 points. marci columbia, sc. tmwa estimates it's saving 1-point-3 billion gallons of water-- by recharging ground wells, across the region. this time o

rubio needed a bounce back performance after debate. but the florida senator disappeared from the discussion for long stretches until finally clashing with ted cruz over immigration. s/ sen. marco rubio / presidential candidate10:07:00 rubio he lied about ben carson in iowa... he lied about marriage... people supported legalizing people... "that is false..." the first in the south primary, a week away... a chance for the frontrunners to or those trailing behind to grab some much needed momentum. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. coming up on the channel 13 news at ten... the iowa state men's basketball team is back to a full roster tonight.... how they did on the road against texas... that's coming up later in sports... but first... it's known as a couples holiday... and it's can get pricey. but find out much money some "singles" are paying for a unique service whether your making a creative someone... or buying them flowers or candy... the holiday can get pricey.... valentine's day ranks fourth on the most expensive holidays.... according to the national retail federation.... people will spend on average 147 - dollars on gifts. to save on money... people say stay away

i will be in the race as long as it takes to become the nominee. >> [indiscernible] sen. rubiore going to pick up as many delegates as we can. we feel good about tuesday. we are going to win states after tuesday. i don't have -- i don't care if i have to get my pickup truck and go around the country like i did when i was in the senate. donald trump will never be the leader of the country. we have a great crowd waiting for us. we feel good about our momentum and progress here. i think the message for conservatives is for the first time in eight years we are going to have a president that follows and a strongion national defense like reagan did. are going to have a president who understands the .hallenges we face >> [indiscernible] sen. rubio: i don't want to raise the cost of higher education. we are the only republican dealing with it.

sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "now he's repeating himself" (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "no, i'm not repeating..." friday... cruz tried once again to tie trump to democrats. (sen. ted. cruz, (r) presidential candidate) "donald trump, like hillary clinton, is a rich new york liberal" while rubio got personal... (sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "he asks for a full length mirror - i don't know why, cause the podium goes up to here - but he wanted a full- length mirror. maybe to make sure his pants weren't wet." trump fired back at the florida senator. (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "i watched a part of his little act. he's a desperate guy. and he's a desperate guy. i've been watching him over the past couple of weeks -- he is not presidential material" the republican candidates not mincing words... less than a week from from super tuesday. in washington, i'm steve nannes reporting . christie says he is ready to campaign for trump - when needed - between now and november. saturday marks south carolina's "first in the south" democratic pre

cruz: there is a long sen. rubio: he can nominate someone. the senate's not moving forward on it until after the election. todd: mitch mcconnell, the senate's top republican, vowed to block any obama appointment to the supreme court until a new president is voted into office. democrats lashed out. ms. clinton: it is totally out of step with our history and our constitutional principles. sen. sanders: it is beyond my comprehension and it just speaks to the unbelievable and unprecedented level of republican expansionism -- republican obstructionism against obama from day one. todd: funeral arrangements for scalia have not yet been announced. while both sides of the political aisle are bracing for a political battle over justice scalia's successor, there are many tonight remembering his legacy. kcci's grace provenzano talked with one of our state's most prominent legal experts with some first-hand knowledge of the high court justice. grace iowa's attorney general : tom miller met justice scalia and says he was very personable, even though their

sen. rubio: thank you very much. au know, i played football in small college and misery. more people here than at any of those games. you, congressman. when we drove up i saw people walking down the street. it took time to get here. you've been waiting for a few minutes. i'm grateful that you came here today. back with you and i'm excited about tuesday. i want to thank you for your support. we are on our way to turning this country around in 2016. we need to offer this country a clear alternative to the last eight years, and we will when i am our nominee thanks to your help. but first we have to win this primary. this primary has been an interesting ride, and we will talk about it a little bit here today. [inaudible] yes. [applause] look, i want to be frank with you. you deserve the truth about what's happening. our party today after four according to the polls, is on the verge of being taken over. the party of lincoln and reagan is on the verge of being taken over by a con artist named donald trump. now, how do con artists work? a con artist identifies people who are str